The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) are a franchise that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL), a cricketing league held annually in India. The team is based in the eastern city of Kolkata, West Bengal. Its jersey colour is purple and gold. KKR have been crowned IPL champions twice, in 2012 and 2014. The team is captained by Dinesh Karthik More
The fallout did not stop at broadcast restrictions. In a further escalation, the Bangladesh Cricket Board decided not to send its national team to India for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Bangladesh are scheduled to play three Twenty20 World Cup matches in Kolkata next month, with the tournament being co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka
"If we become a country that isolates all of our neighbours, and say nobody is playing with any of them, how does it do any good?" Tharoor had said earlier
BCCI on Saturday instructed KKR to release Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman after recent political and public backlash
The Kolkata Knight Riders splurged Rs 18 crore on Matheesha Pathirana, which was after a bidding battle with Lucknow Super Giants.
Pappu Yadav congratulated his son on X shortly after the auction.
IPL Auction 2026: Cameron Green surpassed countryman Mitchell Starc (Rs 24.75 crore) to become the overseas player with the highest price tag at an IPL auction but there still remain a catch.
With only six international roles available and 13 spots to fill, KKR's auction strategy will focus more on accuracy than volume.
The tearaway pacer is set for his KKR debut after missing last season due to a hip injury and Sunil Narine feels he has the ingredients to become the franchise's next X-factor.
Gautam Gambhir has faced the wrath of one and all after India’s 0-2 Test home whitewash against South Africa that came a year after the unprecedented 0-3 home series defeat to New Zealand.
Andre Russell will be seen in a new role for KKR in the forthcoming season.
KKR Retention List IPL 2026: The team took a big decision by letting go of talented all-rounder Venkatesh Iyer and seasoned T20 star Andre Russell.
KKR had recently announced Abhishek Nayar as the head coach for the next season. This is their second big announcement in terms of coaching and support staff.
Gautam Gambhir before taking the role as India's head coach was associated with Kolkata Knight Riders, the Indian Premier League franchise co-owned by the actor.
IPL 2026: The 43-year-old, who played three ODIs for India, is well respected as a personal coach and has worked in an individual capacity with players like Rohit, KL, DK to name a few apart from his own find Raghuvanshi.
Considering the strong friendship of Rohit Sharma, Abhishek Nayar and also the fact that KKR recently posted on social media, supporters immediately started imagining that the batter would join KKR.
Abhishek Nayar has previously been part of the KKR coaching setup and had rejoined the franchise in the previous season after losing his job as Team India's assistant coach.
Shreyas Iyer opened up about what worked for him at Punjab Kings and made blunt comparison with his stint as a leader at Kolkata Knight Riders.
Sanju Samson would be a good fit at KKR, taking over the gloves and creating an additional overseas space by filling in for Rahmanullah Gurbaz or Quinton de Kock.
"Mr. Chandrakant Pandit has decided to explore new opportunities and will not continue as Head Coach of Kolkata Knight Riders," KKR said in a post shared on 'X'.
With KKR stacked with talent, Shubman Gill was forced to bat lower down the order, mostly at No. 6 and 7 the entire season.
Kolkata Knight Riders were not pleased with the rule change introduced in the middle of the tournament.
Virat Kohli chose to hang his boots from the game's longest format on Monday, and the intention is to honor his Test legacy.
Despite entering the season with a strong core and a good looking squad, KKR have faltered. Here's a look at where it all went wrong for the defending champions:
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